Title :
Asymmetric transmission through chiral symmetry breaking in planar metamaterials
Author :
Plum, E. ; Fedotov, V.A. ; Zheludev, N.I.
Author_Institution :
EPSRC NanoPhotonics Portfolio Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
We report that small chiral asymmetry of the unit cell of planar metamaterials leads to strong resonant asymmetric transmission for circularly polarized light due to excitation of enantiomerically sensitive trapped modes.
Keywords :
chirality; light polarisation; light transmission; metamaterials; optical materials; photonic band gap; chiral symmetry breaking; circular light polarization; enantiomerically sensitive trapped mode excitation; photonic bandgap; planar metamaterials; resonant asymmetric transmission; Charge carrier processes; Copper; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Metamaterials; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Polarization; Resonance; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (160.4760) Optical properties;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
